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Recent Examples of henhouse
Since 2023, bird flu has wiped out henhouses, leading to egg shortages that have intermittently made buying a carton eye-wateringly expensive.
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Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Chickens stand next to stacks of eggs in a henhouse at Sunrise Farms on February 18, 2025 in Petaluma, California.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
So, in other words, fox in a henhouse.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Amazon's latest retail media announcement - offering its advertising technology to other retailers - might seem like asking competitors to invite the fox into the henhouse.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Chickens stand next to stacks of eggs in a henhouse at Sunrise Farms on February 18, 2025 in Petaluma, California.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
So, in other words, fox in a henhouse.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Amazon's latest retail media announcement - offering its advertising technology to other retailers - might seem like asking competitors to invite the fox into the henhouse.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for henhouse
Noun
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At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.—
Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
3 May 2024
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Surrounded by redwood trees, the half-timbered home has multiple rooflines and gables, three stand-alone dovecotes that look like little towers, and a fence of irregularly curving bricks.—
Erika Mailman,
WSJ,
9 Mar. 2023
Noun
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Fort Massac on the Ohio River waterfront is a faithful reconstruction of an 1802 American fort built on the site of a French stockade erected in 1757 to safeguard the region from British invasion during the French & Indian War.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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During the Civil War, a deadline was a line of demarcation around the inner stockade of a prison camp, generally about 17 feet.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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On the day of the rettir, hundreds of sheep are released into a central wooden sheepfold that’s surrounded by marked compartments—one belonging to each local farmer—that jut out from the inner circle like rays of the sun.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Oct. 2022
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This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.—
Lauren Beale,
Forbes,
30 Aug. 2021
Noun
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The kraal was a circular affair about 30 feet in diameter and was made of rocks piled about three feet high.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
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The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
Noun
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For annuals that are top-heavy, add support with bamboo stakes or wire cages to keep the garden looking its best.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 Aug. 2025
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Support tall and vining vegetables with cages, stakes or trellises to prevent crop loss.—
Tina Chen,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Sprays aren't generally effective because the mites are protected and hidden in leaf folds or galls.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
9 Aug. 2025
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It's got a great fold and can sit standing up, too.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Other amenities include a state-of-the-art gym and wellness area, a tennis court, a home theater, vegetable gardens for the home chef, a koi pond and a chicken coop, according to its listing.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Tending to chickens means daily routines: feeding, watering, checking for eggs, and keeping the coop clean.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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“Henhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/henhouse. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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